The Attorney General for the Federal and
Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has assigned the Bayelsa State Chief
Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, to swear in Rivers State Governor-elect, Nyesom
Wike, on May 29.
He said in order to avert a likely
constitutional crisis in the state, Mr. Adoke stated, “I have requested the
Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to administer the oath of allegiance and oath of
office on the governor-elect of Rivers State in accordance with section 185(2)
of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999."
That section of the constitution provides that the oath of
allegiance and the oath of office shall be administered by the Chief Judge of
the state or Grand Khadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the state, if any, or
President of the Customary Court of Appeal of the state, if any, or the person
for the time being respectively appointed to exercise the functions of any of
those offices in any state.
Mr. Adoke went further to urge members of the public and
particularly the people of Rivers State to take note of the arrangement.
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